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1206: David Prince

Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

David Prince was the Oklahoma State Penitentiary when a review of state employees’ computers discovered he had been accessing Child Sexual Abuse Material on his work computer. He was discussing sexual acts with children. A search warrant also found Child Sexual Abuse Material on his personal phone.

1203: Paul Schofield

Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Paul Emerson Schofield was a corrections officer at Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri. He and his wife pled guilty to “one count of conspiracy to produce child pornograph and one count of producing child pornography” according to the Department of Justice. The child they sexually assaulted was under twelve during the three years the pair abused them to produce child sexual abuse material. There was a video of them sexually assaulting an unconscious four-year-old child. The DOJ press release is much more detailed.

1192: Robert Austin

Child Indecency, Solicitation of a Minor

Robert William Austin, a Florida Department of Corrections chaplain, was caught in an undercover sting. Police created several false identities on social media. Austin sent messages to one of those false identities thinking he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl. He sent her explicit pictures. The day “he was arrested he happened to tell the “girl” that he was going fishing. The police worked with Fish and Wildlife, found him where he was out fishing, and arrested him there.

1186: Michael Tobin

Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Assault

Michael Tobin was a police officer in Clarksville, Iowa. He was accused of showing sexually explicit images and videos from a criminal case to a minor from September 2021 to February 2022. The minor reported it to police in March 2022. The city fired him and in September 2022 he was arrested and charged with 3 felonies and 8 misdemeanors. In October 2023, he was convicted on all charges.

1181: Justin Durham

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault

Justin Bradley Durham is a former Sheriffs Deputy in Phelps County, Missouri. He was arrested and charged with sexually exploiting two minor girls and recording it, creating and possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was also charged with altering and destroying records to try to cover up his crimes.

1174: Matthew Dessert

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Matthew Dessert was a sheriff’s deputy in Stanislaus County, California. He was charged with continual sexual abuse of a child, lewd & lascivious acts with a minor, penetration with a foreign object of a victim under the age of 18, sexual battery & physical abuse of a child.

1157: Kevin Ruditsky

Child Endangerment, Improper Conduct or Comments, Kidnapping, Sexual Battery, Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor, Stalking/Harassment

Kevin Ruditsky was a New Jersey police officer. At National Night Out – an event designed to foster good relations between police and the communities they serve – Ruditsky met a sixteen-year-old girl. After the event he began stalking her.